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Professional Client

Professional Client

An investor that is able to meet several regulatory criteria.

An investor that is able to meet several regulatory criteria.

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OEIC

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

Fixed Income

An investment that provides a fixed rate of return, often over a specific set of time.

Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

Zero coupon bonds

What is a zero coupon bond?

Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.

Bull market

We explain what a 'bull market' means

Rate of Return

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.

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